After approaching the clearly unamused Ronaldo and planting a kiss on his cheek, Carmine turned his phone to catch Alic, wearing a Real Madrid sweatshirt, hugging the player, who measures some 30 centimetres taller than the Bosnian-born comic.

Alic is known in Switzerland for wearing "CR7" boxer shorts on stage, and they were again proudly on display as he was hauled off by security guards to a rousing reception from the Portuguese fans -- many of whom would surely have loved to have done the same thing.

"Bravo all the Portuguese supporters who encouraged us!" Alic wrote on Facebook.